La
Medeleni [In
Medeleni]: an
incredible trilogy in which the novel dissolves in its own representation,
owing much to Marcel Proust as to the conception of
literature as an ark and as a search for lost time, and to
André Gide as to the novelistic techniques.A striking incursion into the Moldavian myth.

Best
known for his study on Pietroasele Treasure (Paris, J. Rothschild,
1889-1890), Odobescu is less so by his false hunting treatise,
Pseudokynegetikos.In
the middle of the 19th century, this eminent Romanian historian,
francophone and very keen on archeology, offers us a baroque text written
with mask and feather, perhaps the most beautiful and
enthusiastic defense of a
Literature supposed to be hunted and moribund, in
a world filled with
information but in anorexia of knowledge and wisdom.

On
the occasion of the celebration of Romanian Day ("Limba Noastră cea Română")
on August 31, 2019, I translated 5 texts by Grigore
Vieru.Here is the first
one, "Albina" (The Bee).This
gesture is a tribute to honour and respect both
Moldova, the Romanian language and this great European poet.